ONE OF THE LOSERS. I see her stand in the twilight there, Her hand and her temple gray ; Her furrowed face it is marked with care, Rough is her garb and thin with the wear Of the work of the long, long day. &he turns her face to the distant skies- It is anxious and drawn with pain— And slowly she shakes her head and sighs, Yadly the tears course from her eyes As she enters her cot again. Oh, t>e white road stretches across the plain, And it's here that she comes each day, For sbe has not heard that her boy was slain, And she does not know that she looks in vain Through the twilight dim and gray. {IsEGTmiT*RTDE. ' BY ETUELYJJ LESLIE HUSTON. Mog's "wheel" was not one of those fascinating lady's bicycles. She did not spin airily over an asphalt pavement to park or boulevard. Meg's "wheel" weighed several hundred pounds. She rode it out over the Nebraska plains. Aud, afier all, it wasn't Meg's wheel anyhow, for it belonged to the North ern Paeilic railroad aud was made of iron and painted red, and was a tricycle instead of a bicycle. Meg lived ou a ranch, and the near est village where the trains sometimes deigned to stop for a panting moment was called Squaw Creek. Meg owned a sturdy little broncho pony, which •he would ride on a swift lope down the long trail which lay like a white ribbon over the prairie, and at the village she would visit at the "store" where Mr. Smith sold candy and saddles and flannel shirts and lariats and many other things. And then she would rattle her pony's heels, slipping and scrambling down the bluff road to the station, where she would arrive in a cloud of dust and ttierrilv hail the agent, Frank Graham. It was here Meg -would ride her tricycle, which was a railroad"wheel" and provided by the company for the agent's use. And though it was | heavy Meg's strong arms could make the handlebar fly back aud forth while the wheel glided swiftly over the . gleaming rails. Late one afternoon Meg rode to the "store" and found some little excite- \ ment over a cattle train that had been j ditched about two miles below the BtoMon. The accident was caused by i apread rails,the men said, and nobody was hnrt, but it would delaj- the ex- Srecs, which was due in two hours, leg rode down to the scene of the accident where the train men were busy. It was already growing dark and they had built great bon tires to j help them to clear up what they could ! while waiting for the wrecking train. Frank, the agent, had been to the wreck on the tricycle aud had raced back to the little station to wire for the wrecking engine aud warn the ex press, as the road wound snake-like along the broad Missouri river in the Heavy shadows at the foot of the bluff, and as it was the"flyer"it could hardly be signaled safely. It was quite dark when Meg finally turned her pony's Hose toward the station and cantered slowly along to say "how-de-do" to Frank and get the papers he promised hor to take home. Also it could not be long till the "flyer" would be due, and Meg loved to see the long, bright train loaded with passengers aud flashing its gleam of the great world beyond the plains into her longiug eyes for a brief moment. As her pony's heels thudded lazily along beside the track the station gradually came into view. And then Meg's heart leaped oddly in her breast and her eyes widened. For the sta tion was in total darkness. Meg's quirt came down with a swish on her pony's fbuk, nnd Teddy, amazed and Indignant, bucked decidedly to ex press his strong disapproval of such actions. For he and his young mis- Jress understood each other and the quirt was never used except in gentle "love taps." Meg was not western raised for nothing, however, and she detained her place on Teddy's back. Finally his slender legs stretched out •nd his nimble heels skimmed the sage bush and sharp cactus till the station was reached. Then Meg flung herself from the saddle with a stifled cry, for the agent lay face downward on the dark platform, and the closed doors a«id black windows of the sta tion, together with the unlighted signal lamps, tuld a story that froze Meg's blood. She rolled Frank over, but he was unconscious from a blow im the back of the head, evidently given by robbers. "And the flyer must be due!" cried Meg, in an agony of despair. She knew nothing of the mechanism of the signal lamps and to return to the wreck for help would be hopeless, for they would be too late. What was to be done? Aa Meg moaned aloud Teddy whin nied uneasily in reply. Sbe looked at him hopelessly. The flyer some times stopped at a watering tank up the track, but there was a bridge to cross between and Teddy would be useless. Then her eyes fell on the tricycle on the main track, where it had been left when Frank was at tacked. It was the only chance and Meg leaped on the machine. In a moment Teddy and the ns> conscious agent were alone with the silent station, while down the track the "click-click, click-click" of the railroad wheel grew faster and fainter in the distance. The only hope was to reach the water tank before the ex press left. Meg's white lips parted with a sob, while her wide eyes strained before her through the black ness for that yellow eye of light that uuf.t surely be due. "Click-click," went the machine. ' "Waiting!" it seemed to cry, as the girl's hands tightened convulsively on the handles. The wheels spun over the track with a low roar that again and again,as Meg swung around the curves, seemed the oncoming roar of the express. The frightened girl's mouth seemed filled with ashes, her lips were dry and stiff and the sharp particles of sand that swept up into her face and eyes stung like a storm of needles. Her back ached and pained and sharp knives seemed shoot ing down hor arms and through her numbed and stiff hands that now hardly felt the handlebars. Suddenly the headlight of the ex press (stunding at the tank) loomed in the near distance. Frauticially Meg tried to stop her machine, but the best she could do was to retard its progress as it approached the now blinding glaring of the light. With a shriek of agony and despair Meg reeled back in a faint. The helpless little hands fell from the bar and one crash swept her into a merciful obliv ion. But Meg was not killed. When she opened her eyes her face and hair were wet where the trainmen had daslied water over her, and many anx ious eyes were looking down at her face. She had been in time, after all, though the engine was just about to start from the watering tank as she dashed into it. The bicycle was a wreck, and Meg's lelt arm was broken and her head cut and her body bruised. But she had saved the train and was a heroine.Sympathetic women from the Pullman coaches and from the tourist cars and weary travelers from the emigrant cars together thauked the white-faced girl lyiug on the ground in the yellow light of the lanterns. While Meg was convalesc ing slowly and being mended up gen erally her little brown-haired mother hovered around her in an ecstacy of thankfulness, aud brawny ranchers rode in miles to see "that gal of Stau nard's who saved the flyer." Letters arrived from the president and other high oflicals of the Northern Pacific road, containing beautifully printed pieces of paper bearing very illegibly written signatures and mysterious little holes punched through,and Meg discovered that she was a very im portant young lady with a bank ac count. But, best of all to her, when she was well she went down daily to the "store" aud to see Frank Graham, who was convalescing, too, after a very long illness, aud she glided swiftly aud happily on a "lady's wheel" of latest make.—Chicago Record. DUG A FELLOW PRISONER'S CRAVE- Experience of an American Under Lopez in a Cuban Prißon. Colonel B. F. Sawyer, a prominent Southern journalist and at present the chief editorial writer of the Rome (Ga.) Tribune, is one of the oldest and most picturesque characters iu the land of Dixie. When a boy of fifteen or sixteen hia fiery spirit led him into our war with Mexico, aud the youngster thorough ly enjoyed it all the way through. After returning to his home in Ala bama the lad didn't feel like settling down. He was fond of adventure, and the life of a soldier iu a strange land suited him exactly. It was not long before he became interested iu the cause of free Cuba, and as one of the periodical insurrec tions iu that country w as then in prog ress he joiued the ill-fated expedi tion of Lopez. The capture aud exe cution of his chief left the boy and his comrades iu a bad fix. The few prisoners who were not put to death were chained in couples and placed on the public works. Sawyer was harshly treated, and it looked as though exposure and hard work would kill him. He managed to send a note to the American consul, but nothing was done for him. One of the Spaniards guarding him was rather clever, and the captive sent his letters through his hands. The half starved young American awoke one morning to fiud that the prisoner chained to him was Jying dead by his side. The survivor was ordered to bury him, and when the chain bind ing him to the corpse was rudely broken he dug a grave for his late fellow-sufferer. There was no coffin. The grave was scooped in the sand by Sawyer's tired and trembling hands. The situation was desperate. Saw yer then wrote a long letter to the British consul, telling his whole story —his youth, his pitiful condition, the neglect of the American consul and many other matters. The very next day a big English man visited the camp. He was very mad aud very overbearing in his man ner. He talked with the boy piis oner and told him to be of good cheer. How he did it nobody but himself and the Spanish authorities ever knew, but in less than twenty-four hours he secured Sawyer's release and put him on a vessel bound for America. Sawyer devoted himself for a few years to politics aud planting in Ala bama, J>ut the first call to arms in the civil war found him ready. At that time he was a prosperous m»n. He cared nothing for money, and when he organized his company he insisted upon equipping it at his own expeuse. He paid for uniforms, guns, canteens, knapsacks and everything out of his own pocket. He was a gallant fighter, and his men were imbued with his fearless spirit. Of course he was promoted. He rose to a colouelcy, and would have gone higher if he had cared for such trifles as rauk and title. The war left very few of his men alive or unscathed. They fought like tigers and nearly all of them were slain in battle. At the close of the war the colonel faced his new duties and responsibili ties and showed that he could work as hard as be could tight. HE HIRED THE WHOLE CIRCUS. How an Knterprlnlng Candidate Won Voter* From His Rival "Times," said Senator Sorghum, reflectively, "ain't anything like they used to be. There's too much for mality. We're getting to where the first thing that's done when a good old-fashioned impulse asserts itself is to tie some tape around it and choke it off." "You think we are getting slightly effete?" inquired the young man who is learning the politics business. "Undoubtedly. And the worst of it is that we are getting eflete-er and effete-er. The people ain't governed as they ought to be. A whole lot of folks have noticed it. I'll never for get the first time I rau for office," he went ou iu a dreamily reminiscent tone. "There was one township that was dead against us. And we needed it. And we got it. But we didn't send around a lot of clumsy and com monplace agents with cheek books. Nor did we have to resort to any of the elaborate methods of surrepti tious persuasion that I hear about so often and with so much pain." "How did you manage it?" "Delicately, but thoroughly. We were a little bit annoyed at first by the fact that a circus had arranged to show at the village 011 the day election occurred. It was only a small circus, but big enough to make trouble unless we headed off its deadly influence. Its arrival was a temptation for every body to come to town and cast a vote, and the more votes there were the more trouble our ticket had to over come; for that was the most preju diced township it was ever my experi ence to do business in. But I didn't despair. I had a long interview with the circus manager, who combined with a love of his art a very acute business sense. The circus was show ing in a vacant lot adjacent to the polls. When the crowd began to gather, it found canvas walls stretch iug from the main entrance to the polls. People who went to make pur chases at the ticket wagon were in formed that Socrates Sorghum, Esq., was giving a theatre party that day, and that there wasn't room iu the tent for anybody except his guests. When they began to assemble at the polls I announced that I appreciated the expressions of loyalty and esteem which had proceeded from Elder berry township, and that iu my turn I proposed to show the citizens a good time. I informed them that each of our ballots had a coupon which would be stamped by a man who stood just outside, where he could see that the holder bad not been deceived into vot ing the wrong piece of paper, and would admit the bearer and his family to the circus. Those who were not entitled to my hospitality could follow the show to some other town and see it next day." "Did it work?" "Work! Several of the men on the rival ticket voted for us rather than miss the circus. But you couldn't do anything like that now," he added with a sigh. "Circuses have got so big that nobody could afford to hire one for a whole day. And, anyhow, everything is getting sort of complex and undemocratic." A Cool Ilurglar. The religion of the cold bath, so dear to Englishmen, seems to have reached the burglar class. And after a good day's work what is so nice in these sultry days as a bath and a change of clothes? With this senti ment an enlightened chief at Bickley seems to have been thoroughly in ac cordance. Having entered a house during the absence of the family and servants, the gentleman nppears to have set to work to lansack the whole place from top to bottom. Drawors, wardrobes, and cupboards were upset, and the contents strewn about in all directions. The arduous task finished, the burglar evidently thought he was entitled to a bath, so he went to the bath-room and took a most refreshing tub, with no doubt just a dash of warm water to take the chill oft', for after exertion a quite cold bath is apt to be liarmfnl. He next proceeded to put on an evening dress-suit, leaving his own in exchange,and after one or two of Beau Brummell's failures in the way of tying a cravat, to judge from the unsuccessful attempts he left lying about the floor, he emerged from the dressing-room and took supper in the dining-room. But, like Napoleon after the treaty of Tilsit, the burglar did not know when to stop and at supper he "did himself too well." The table groaned with tasty meats and tempt ing wiues, and at the end of the meal the overfed housebreaker left the scene of his labors with only a cruet stand.—London Telegraph. HoHillllVg PfMtfCftHloitft. Holland's best colonial possession is Java, that land of earthquakes and coffee, where live 25,000 such sim ple people as were seen 011 the Mid way during the World's Fair. Be sides Java, the Dutch rule over part ■of Borneo and New Guinea, the Mo luccas, Sumatra and other islands iu the Asiatic archipelago, and St. Mar tin, Curacoa and half a dozen others in the West Indian group. Little Denmark claims Greenland, where the icy mountains grow; Iceland and St. John and St Thomas islands in the West Indian ocean. Portugal holds the Cape Verde islands, off West Af rica, where Cervera's fleet loitered a few weeks before sailing over the At lantic to destruction, and a few minor islands iu African and Asiatic water*. Italy's colonial possessions are insig nificant, and so are Russia's (Siberia being a province in the Russian state). The Bey of Tripoli renders homage to the Sultan of Turkey, who also ex ercises his power in Egypt, though Egypt is nominally an independent state, even if it is occupied by British troops.—New York Tribune. £ REALM l| OK FASHION, [1 A Cutaway Effect. The new circular flounce and cuta way effeots introduced in capes this season are extremely fascinating, and a revival of this popular and conveni ent wrap is already heralded. The CAPE WITH CIRCULAR FLOUNCE. model here illustrated is of light brown cloth, made en costume. The revers are faced with brown velvet, and brown satin is used for the hand some lining. The upper portion fits smoothly, a single dart taken up on each shoulder regulating the adjust ment, and the fronts are cut away from the neok down. The cape has added length given by the circular flounce that is joined to ■ I its lower edge, and extends on the fronts, where it reverses at the top to form prettily shaped lapels. A piping of the cloth is included in the soam. The neck is completed with a high flaring collar, faced with velvet, and made in sections to roll over slightly at the top. Rows of machine stitching give an appropriate finish. Some very dressy capes are made of satin, silk or velvet, with one or more ruffles in this style, decorated with ruchings of silk or ribbon, braid, passemeterie or fur. Heavy cloths, in smooth or rough finish, may be used, the double-faced cloths being exceedingly handsome without lining. To make the cape in the medium size will require two and a half yards of fifty-four-inch material. A Stylish Autmnn Coltuine. The stylish costume shown in the large illustration is suited for after noon or morning wear. The material is castor-colored broadcloth, with chemisette and collar of finely tucked white faille, and the trimming of black braid passementerie is laid over white ribbon. The hat is of brown fancy chenille braid, with castor satin and velvet loops. Small flowers iu brown satin and burnt orange are banched high in front. The waist is made over fitted linings that close iu centre-front, the over front being cut in heart shape to ex poso the pretty yoke in front and back. The fronts are corded in groups of three evenly spaced rows, which must be done in the cloth be fore cutting the pattern. The back is smooth across the shoulders and is drawn to the waist by gathers at the centre. The two-seamed Bleeves have the slight fashionable fulness gathered at the top and the wrists are finished by pretty flaring cuffs. The basque portion is joined to the lower edge of the waist, the seam being hidden by the shaped belt. Both the basque and the stylish bretelles have an interlining of tailor canvas between the lining of white faille and the cloth. The fronts lap in double-breasted style and are closed by diamond-shaped cut steel buttons. The skirt is seven-gored, in the latest mode, the narrow front gore being outlined with the trimming, an effect whioh gives height and dignity to the figure. The guimpe effect is a wonderfully attractive and becoming feature of the season's styles and may be plain-tucked or lace-covered. Any of the plain-checked or novelty mixed goods are appropriate for its develop ment, and braid, velvet or ribbon may be used in decoration. To make the waist for a woman of medium size will require two yards of forty-four-inch material. To make the skirt in the medium size will re quire five and one-eighth yards of the same width material. A Skirt Nnch in Vogue. One of the most fashionable skirts now in vogue is here illustrated in mixed gray veiling trimmed with melt ings of the material edged with nar row satin ribbon. The upper portion is of circular shaping fitted at the top by short darts, to the lower edge of which the graduated flounce is joined. The flounce is very deep in back and nar row in front, which gives the admired tablier effect so very generally becom ing. The placket is finished at top of the centre seam in back, the fuluess at i the waist being laid in deep single plaits at each side. Gathers may be developed to adjust the fulness if so preferred. The sweep at the foot measures four and three-fourths yards. Almost any style of material can be handsomely developed by this grace ful model, and flat trimming of braid, gimp, passementerie or ribbon will decorate stylishly. To make this skirt for a lady of LADIES' CIRCULAR SKIRT WITH CIRCULAR GRADUATED FLOUNCE. medium size will require four and oue half yards of material forty-four inches wide. For a Drooping Front. A novelty of the season is a piece of passementerie shaped like a bib. This fastens upon either shoulder and is attached to a belt. It is designed to carry out the idea of the full drooping front. I'rlncmu Drean Popular. The prinoess dress is so much liked that it appears again in the finest im portation s. In many instances "-i sides and back are in prinoess with the front in bodice or jac... shape Beauty la Blood Deep. Clean blood means a clean akin. N« ■eauty without it. 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Since the Russian persecutions of the Jews there has been a large immigration into Pales tine from Russia, and the increase o) population his been further augmented by tho agitation of Zionism.—New York Sun. TO MRS. PINKHAM : Prom Mrs. Walter E. Budd, of Pat« cliogue, New York. Mrs. BIDD, in the following letter. t»ills a familiar story of weakness and suffering, and thanks Mrs. Pinkhaic for complete relief: " DEAR MBS. PINKHAM:— I think it is f/yhfa. my duty to write 7 to you and tell you what Lydia n I'inkham s P ft \\* J Vegetable Compound has done for i me. I feel like I / another woman. IW uHHb I had such dread "BTX 'ul headaches m\ 'through my C M \.4£ temples and ] ■ on top of my i B that 1 ' M 1 crazy; Aas also B 1 troubled with mm I chills,wasvery 1 weak; my left side from my shoulders to my waist pain ed me terribly. I could not sleep for the pain. Plasters would help for a while, but as soon as taken off, the pain would be just as bad as ever. 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